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Peer reviewedDuttweiler, Patricia C. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1984
This paper presents the development of a new measure of locus of control for adults, the Internal Control Index. Analysis of a field test and a junior college administration indicated an estimated reliability of .84, the presence of a strong principal component, two replicable factors, and evidence for convergent validity. (Author/BW)
Descriptors: Adults, Factor Structure, Item Analysis, Locus of Control
Peer reviewedLouie, Steven; And Others – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 1986
Describes a study in which 46 high socioeconomic status elementary and secondary children were exposed to Logo and Bank Street Writer at a computer camp. After exposure, children 12 and under minimally shifted toward an internal locus of control as measured by the Nowicki-Strickland Locus of Control Scale for Children. (Author/MBR)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Item Analysis
